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\nALfA teaching methods.\u201d -Dr Dinesh Sharma, MP, Rajya Sabha….
\nLucknow, May 8:\u00a0 :\u00a0 The two-day educational meet \u2018Leadership Circle 5\u2019 took off to a grand start at the World
\nUnity Convention Centre, City Montessori School, Kanpur Road here today. The programme was inaugurated
\nby lighting the Lamp of Learning by the Chief Guest Hon\u2019ble Minister of State (Independent Charge), Basic
\nEducation, Government of UP, Mr Sandeep Singh. In his inaugural address Mr Singh stated that education
\ntoday needs to become a powerful tool to bring about positive change is society to spread the light of
\nlearning among all humanity. Schools must adopt new teaching pedagogies like the ALfA (Accelerated
\nLearning for All) pedagogy and the PATH way of learning, making education purposeful, active,
\ntransformative and holistic. He was full of praise for the educational leadership provided by the Founder of
\nDEVI Sansthan, Dr Sunita Gandhi and her revered mother, Dr Bharti Gandhi, the Chief Mentor of the
\nprogramme and Founder of the world\u2019s largest City Montessori School.
\nGuest of Honour, Dr Dinesh Sharma, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, (Uttar Pradesh) said
\nthat Foundational Literacy and Numeracy skills can vastly be improved through ALfA teaching methods. He
\nsaid that age-old teaching methods cannot fulfil the aspirations of the present century. The present
\ngeneration has to be empowered to solve their own problems and lead the world towards a new era of
\naccomplishment, progress and discovery. Scientific thinking must go hand in hand with development of art
\nand culture, imaginative and bold initiatives and innovation in every field of knowledge. At the same time,
\neducation must be value-based, child-friendly and humanistic in approach.
\nEarlier, Mr Nixon Joseph, Group Executive, DEVI Sansthan welcomed the distinguished guests and participants
\nwhich numbered around 2000 from 14 states of India. Dr Sunita Gandhi, Founder and CEO of DEVI Sansthan
\nand Convenor of Leadership Circle 5, set the tone of the day by calling upon the youth to come forward and
\ncontribute to making India the foremost nation in terms of education and enlightenment. She welcomed the
\nChief Guest and Guests of Honour as well as all the distinguished government officials for sparing their
\nvaluable time and assemble on a common global platform to discuss significant issues regarding government
\neducational policies and new strategies for making education a real instrument of profound social
\ntransformation.
\nPanel 1 discussed the need for strengthening FLN (Foundational Literacy and Numeracy) Policy, its
\nimplementation and accountability in School Education. The moderator in this discussion was Dr Madhukar
\nGupta, IAS, (Retd), Director of Partnerships , DEVI Sansthan, while the panelists included -Chandrashekhar B,
\nSenior Program Officer, Samagra Shiksha Karnataka; Ms Angela Zothanpurii, Director, Education, Mizoram; Mr
\nBijesh Kumar Saxena, Deputy Director, Education, Delhi; Ms Sreekala KS, ASPD, Kerala; Dr Shankar Kumar, Asstt
\nDirector, SCERT, Punjab; Dr Taneya singh, Consultant, Gr I School Education, NITI Aayog; Mr Harshit Mishra,<\/p>\n
\nSandra M. Nongdiej, Associate Professor &Nodal Officer, FLN, Meghalaya.
\nThis was followed by ALfA Hands on Clap and Snap Activity much enjoyed by all and a live demonstration of
\nALfA in Classroom. This was a Government School live demonstration on stage. The highlight of the
\nprogramme was an Ed Tech Launch of India\u2019s first AI powered Hindi Literacy Chatbox.
\nSpecial Guest Prof. Indrani Bhaduri, CEO& Head PARAKH, Head Educational Survey Division, NCERT, Ministry of
\nEducation enlightened the audience with her thought-provoking ideas and encouraging words.
\nHon\u2019ble Mr Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma, Additional Chief Secretary, U.P., graced the occasion and expressed his
\nprofound thoughts, stating that education alone makes man superior to other beings and that innovation and
\nexperimentation in education must be encouraged.
\nThe ALfA Classroom was presented in a very creative way demonstrating how children easily learn in paired
\ngroups from one another with teachers as galvanizers. Hands-on Activities were carried out showing how fast
\nchildren learn from materials easily available at home and in the classroom.
\n2nd Panel Discussion was on the theme- \u201cRole of CSR in Strengthening FLN-Partnerships, Priorities and Proof
\nof Impact.\u201d This was moderated by Mr Nixon Joseph, Group Executive, DEVI Sansthan and the panelists were
\nMs Sheena Gandhi, Assistant Vice-resident, BSE Ltd; Savita Mundhe, Head, CSR, JSW Foundation; Mr Prakash
\nReddy, Editor & CEO, Corporate Social focus Magazine; Mr Anil Parmar, Senior VP, United Way, Mumbai;
\nPriyanka Behera, Director, Samhita-CGF; Rishika Puri, CS & CCO, SBI Factors Ltd and Preeti Munjal, Executive
\nDirector, IIMPACT.
\nDr Bharti Gandhi, Chairperson, DEVI Sansthan delivered her inspirational address that was very well received
\nby the eager audience. She said that DEVI Sansthan has been doing a lot of good work for the upliftment of
\nwomen and children and especially the underprivileged section of society. It will continue to do so in future
\ntoo.
\nPanel 3 was moderated by Major General Manoj Tiwari (Retired), Director, Outreach, DEVI Sansthan. The
\ntheme was \u201cMobilizing CSR towards FLN-Strategy, Scale &Sustainability.\u201d The panelists were Mr Sahista Moh.
\nIqbal, CSR Lead, Glaxo SmithKline; Dr Suresh Reddy, Director, SRF Foundation; Ms Anushka Bonia, CSR Lead,
\nJohnson Matthey, India; Mr Krishna Kant Rai, Founder & Director, BBIC; Mr Puneeti Bali, FLN & Education
\nConsultant; Mr Sujeet Ranjan, CEO, United Way, Delhi; Ms Anamika Srivastava, Founder & CEO, Development
\nConsortium and Dr Arun Kumar, Deputy Director, Government Institute of Advanced Studies in Education,
\nRajasthan.
\nAfter this, there was the Samman Samaroh or the Honouring Ceremony in which the Leader, Partners and
\nChampions of FLN were honoured and felicitated. At the end of today\u2019s proceedings, At the end of the
\nfunction, Dr Bharti Gandhi, Chairperson, Devi Sansthan & Founder of CMS delivered the Vote of Thanks.
\nDr Sunita Gandhi, Convenor of the programme informed that panel discussions will continue tomorrow and
\nwill conclude with an Honouring ceremony to be held at 4.00pm. at CMS Kanpur Road<\/p>\n
\nChief Editor CIS & DEVI Sansthan…<\/p>\n